Racism, slurs, hysteria... All for daring to suggest a banana isn't as bad as six spoonfuls of sugar

Two weeks ago, I wrote an article about bananas. Specifically, whether eating one was ‘the same as’ consuming six teaspoons of pure sugar. It might seem like an odd thing to wonder – but I’d seen detailed charts online that suggested as much. In fact, these infographics, as they’re called, …...Read More

Grigory Rodchenkov falsified Russian athletes' drug tests - and his country got an Olympic ban

Grigory Rodchenkov was first cited as being at the heart of Russian drug corruption in July 2013, when a Mail on Sunday investigation named him as central to state-sponsored doping and a cover-up. When World Anti-Doping Association-funded investigations finally began to probe Russia’s massive pan-sport cheating in 2015, Rodchenkov fled …...Read More

Visiting Cologne and discovering the story behind 4711, the world's most famous eau de Cologne

Fragrant: The city’s cathedral by the Rhine For me, Cologne has always been the most fragrant of cities – whether it’s the spicy clouds of incense billowing out of its riverside cathedral, the wafts of salt-crusted pretzels on Schildergasse or Asprey’s Purple Water, courtesy of the toiletries at my favourite …...Read More

Discovering the story behind 4711, the world's most famous eau de Cologne

Fragrant: The city’s cathedral by the Rhine For me, Cologne has always been the most fragrant of cities – whether it’s the spicy clouds of incense billowing out of its riverside cathedral, the wafts of salt-crusted pretzels on Schildergasse or Asprey’s Purple Water, courtesy of the toiletries at my favourite …...Read More

Greg Wallace raked in a staggering £1million last year

Greg Wallace raked in a staggering £1million last year after the collapse of his business empire in 2014. The MasterChef judge, 55, who is the director of Lobster Enterprises Ltd, paid more than £120,000 in tax meaning the company turned over in excess of £1million in 2019, according to accounts …...Read More

Kanye West confidently declares he will beat Joe Biden with write-in votes

Advertisement Kanye West has issued a grovelling Twitter apology to Kim Kardashian for airing their 'private matters' as he visited a local emergency room in Wyoming following a fleeting trip to California where he didn't see his wife. The rapper finally broke his silence over the state of his marriage …...Read More

What Do Portland Protesters Want, and How Have the Police Responded?

Federal officers in military gear … … clouds of tear gas … … crowd control munitions … [shots fired] … and locals who want those officers gone. “What are you guys protecting?” “Get the [expletive] out of our city!” In just over a week, the chaotic scenes in Portland grabbed …...Read More

First holidaymakers return home from Spain and straight into quarantine after snap ruling

British tourists who found themselves holidaying in Spain when the Government announced its bombshell two-week quarantine rule have expressed their anger at the decision. One couple, who are set to be among the first tourists returning from Spain to be hit by the new two-week quarantine, have blasted the 'ridiculous' …...Read More

From Alabama to the Capitol, the Journey to Honor John Lewis

Representative John Lewis, the congressman and civil rights figure who died on July 17, began his long journey home this weekend. On Saturday, his friends and family remembered him at a service in Troy, Ala., where he grew up. His brother Samuel remembered when a young John Lewis left home. …...Read More

Caroline Flack's ex Lewis Burton has grown close to 1D star Louis Tomlinson's sister Lottie

Caroline Flack's ex-boyfriend Lewis Burton has 'grown close' to Lottie Tomlinson, five months after the Love Island host tragically took her own life, MailOnline can reveal. The tennis coach, 28, and influencer, 21, bonded over the grief of their respective loved ones. In photos exclusively obtained by MailOnline, Lottie can …...Read More